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December 9, 2025

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Basil Watson’s bronze bust of National Heroine Nanny of the Maroons, mounted in 2018 in Emancipation Park,  St Andrew, Jamaica. 
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Queen Nanny did not sign the treaty

NOT MUCH is known about Queen Nanny’s early years on Earth. But the story is that she was from west Africa, from where many people were taken to the West Indies to work on various plantations under…
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Attitudes to pension and insurance could impact future generations – Experts

INSURANCE AND pension experts say urgent reforms are needed in how Jamaicans save and prepare for retirement to stave off a crisis in the future, saying that the current culture and attitudes could…
December 9, 2025

Immigration Corner | As a green card holder, can I file for my son, mom?

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I’m currently a green card holder and I would like to file for my son and my mom. However, I want to know: 1. Can a green card holder file for her son/mom? 2. How…
December 9, 2025

Immigration Corner | Will Canada end birthright citizenship?

Dear Mrs Powell, I hear there is a new proposal in Canada to end birthright citizenship for children born to temporary residents. I was born in Canada while my mother was visiting, but I grew up in…
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes
December 9, 2025

Editorial | The AI protocols in courts

Last month’s promulgation by Chief Justice Bryan Sykes of protocols for the use of AI-generated documents in court proceedings advances his long-standing advocacy for the use of artificial…
Patricia Routledge
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Grow older; never grow old

Today “senior citizen care” has become a national concern. 1970s family planning policies kept our population below 3,000,000. But, consequently, it’s an ageing population. If migration is brought…
December 9, 2025

Michael Abrahams | Why do people become suicidal?

Whenever someone dies by suicide, one of the most common reactions is to ask the question “Why?”. Most of us have never thought of taking our own lives. Persons who do, or attempt to do so, are…
In this August photo, a worker is seen cutting the surface of a road on Wellington Drive where NWA was laying pipelines.
December 9, 2025

Dug-up roads causing traffic mayhem in Kingston 6

THE EDITOR, Madam: Madness, of the traffic variety, is taking place in Kingston 6. Gridlock is the order of the day in the Liguanea area, and not just during morning and evening rush hours either.…